Space-X is sending upstart rocket-men (and -women) to space soon. And Stephen Hawking is apparently heading out there, too, via Virgin Galactic. So what might new space tourists expect after strapping in and blasting out of Earth’s atmosphere?
Richard Garriott de Cayeux knows from personal experience. And it’s not entirely pretty.
In Bloomberg‘s interview with Garriott de Cayeux, the veteran space traveler reveals that type of travel involves a bit more than just swallowing a protein pill and strapping on a helmet. Garriott de Cayeux, who paid $30 million to spend 12 days on the International Space Station, told the publication, “My advice to [space tourists] would be to medicate early and often.”
There are a number of reasons why this is the case. For one, the effects of weightlessness on the body make you “… [feel] sort of like lying on a children’s slide, head down. In the first days, you get very stuffed up and have a bit of a headache,” says Garriott de Cayeux. He also talks about a general feeling of “sea sickness” and sensation of “falling backwards.”
All of this, thankfully, can be treated with common household medicines like aspirin or Sudafed.
Watch a video of Garriott de Cayeux juggling in space below.
—RealClearLife
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